Page 55 of Justice for Daesha

Mack sat there motionless until he suddenly straightened and his mouth flew open. “Oh!”

That made Amos laugh. “Yeah! Now you get it!”

“Oh my god. Yeah. That’s definitely something the senator wouldn’t want his constituents to know about.”

“His three boys, successful businessmen whose businesses he actually owns, sharing the same woman? At the same time? No. In this conservative state? He absolutely wouldnotwant his constituents to find out, or they’d be his former constituents. He’d lose the next election. No doubt about it.”

“Holy shit. I mean, holy shit. The four of them together? They…” Mack dropped back in his chair.

Amos chuckled. “Look, I did a few threesomes while I was in college, so I?”

“You and two women?” Mack asked, still looking like somebody had goosed him.

“Some, but most with a woman and another guy. One of my buddies would go with me to a party. We’d meet a girl and ask her if she wanted to go have a threesome. She almost always said yes.”

“And you and the guy?”

“No! No, nothing went on betweenus. It was about the woman. It was pretty awesome, as a novelty, but not something I’d care about all the time. But I will say, it’s almost an art form. You have to know how that works. I was lucky to have him as a friend because he’d been doing it for years, even when he was in high school.”

“So the three guys…”

Amos didn’t want to be blunt, but Mack seemed to be having a hard time coming to grips with the idea. “Yeah. Three guys, three orifices. It’s damn simple math, really. After that, it’s either you want to do the same thing each time, or you like to swap around.”

“Holy hell,” Mack whispered.

“It’s pretty damn awesome.”

Mack seemed to shake himself. “Okay, so we think the three sons were having an affair with the same woman. And daddy found out and wanted to put a stop to it.”

“That’s my theory. So,” Amos asked, fingers crossed, “do you want me to drop the investigation?”

Mack shook his head. “Not just no but hell no. This concerns an official elected by the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to a federal position. It most definitely falls under our jurisdiction, and I want you to pursue it with everything you’ve got. Just be careful, seeing as how you haven’t to this point, obviously,” he said in reference to the bugs. “You need to get one of the brothers to admit to the affair. Choose the one who seems most emotionally vulnerable.”

“That would be Ainsley. The only reason he isn’t light in the loafers is because he makes them himself.” When something flashed in Mack’s eyes, Amos added, “Not that there would be anything wrong with that!” He waited a second before saying, “So last night, somebody followed Daesha to her band rehearsal and left a threatening note on her car. I’m driving her back and forth to work from this point forward.”

Mack lifted a form from the desktop and held it up. “Can I assume that’s the reason for this report from the BullittCounty Sheriff’s Department?”

“Yes. It happened in Shepherdsville.”

“Just don’t let driving her around interfere with your job.”

“No, sir. I won’t. Thank you, sir.”

“You’re welcome. Now get on it. The faster you can close this case, the fewer calls I get from our head honcho, and I don’t like getting those first thing in the morning.” Mack pointed to the door, and that was Amos’s cue to leave. But he noticed as he did that Mack was deep in thought.Blew his mind with that mention of a foursome, Amos chuckled inwardly.

Meeting with Ainsley again would tell the tale. As soon as he had one admission, he’d get the other two. By the time he got finished, surely somebody would have to cough up details. He’d get them to spill.

After all, who was he to judge?

* * *

“Hey,cupcake, I need to speak to the unfortunate soul who took pity on you and gave you a job.”

“You again? Gah. I have this bad dream over and over. It’s you.”

“Ahhh, you’re thinking of me. I’m flattered. Ainsley?now.”

“Jesus, you’re demanding. A,” she said into the house phone, “this cop-type person wants to talk to you again.” She glared at Amos. “I’m sure he’ll be out in just a few seconds. He likes you, although I have no idea why.”

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